For brides wanting to wave goodbye to the single life in a more artful way but keep an element of raciness. one company is offering life drawing classes with 'sexy' nude male models.

The Artful Bachelorette, based in Brooklyn and Manhattan, hires young, attractive men for pre-wedding party-goers to draw and paint while they swig champagne.

Soon-to-be wed Regina Maringelli, 27, told the Daily News after booking in for a two-hour session with her girlfriends last week: 'I wouldn't have wanted a stripper. But this is fun! I feel comfortable.'

Novel idea: For brides wanting to wave goodbye to the single life in a more artful way, one company is offering up life drawing classes with nude male models

And Mary Emerson, 33, a painter who had traveled from Thomaston, Maine, for a friend's bachelorette party earlier this year told The New York Times: 'Strippers can be so awkward, but with this, there’s paper between you and the naked person in the room.'

Hit with the ladies: The Artful Bachelorette, based in Brooklyn and Manhattan, hires young, attractive men for pre-wedding party-goers to draw and paint while they swig champagne

Attentive students: The company was set up one year ago by Australian-born Fleur Childs and her childhood friend Samara Hodgson

When hiring their life models via online casting calls, Ms Childs and Ms Hodgson scout for men who are 'handsome and charming'.

One of their longest lookers Kurt McVey, 29, from Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, is a former lacrosse player with chiseled features and styled hair.

Before being hired by The Artful Bachelorette he did
nude modeling for college art classes and had worked as a fashion
model. When he's not in the nude he works as a literary agent.

Strike a pose: Ms Childs and Ms Hodgson scout for men who are 'handsome and charming'

Learning process: During the classes the students are taught different art techniques, like drawing the male models blindly or with their non-dominant hands

During the classes he
pulls different poses - facing front, facing the wall, one leg on a
stool and archer pose - while the students are taught different art
techniques, like drawing him blind-folded or with their non-dominant hands.